{"id":2262,"date":"2026-07-13T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2262"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:36:00","slug":"anuja-purandare-and-madhavi-narsalay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2262","title":{"rendered":"Anuja Purandare and Madhavi Narsalay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANUJA PURANDARE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 anujapurandare51@gmail.com  <br>University of Mumbai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MADHAVI NARSALAY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 madhavinarsalay@yahoo.com<br>University of Mumbai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHO IS GA\u1e46E\u015aA: A CREATOR OF OBSTACLES OR A SPIRITUAL FORM? (STUDY OF THE <em>MUDGALAPUR\u0100\u1e46A<\/em> AND <em>GA\u1e46E\u015aAPUR\u0100\u1e46A<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contemporary Hinduism worships Ga\u1e47e\u015ba as the Lord who wards off obstacles, i.e. Vighnahart\u1e5b. However, scholars like M. K. Dhavalikar, Yuvraj Krishan, etc., have considered the evolution of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba worship from Vighnakart\u1e5b \u201cthe creator of obstacles\u201d to Vighnahart\u1e5b \u201cthe remover of obstacles\u201d. We do not agree with this interpretation. We are of the opinion that Pur\u0101\u1e47ic Hinduism refers to a variety of alternative thoughts, beliefs, and practices. Had Ga\u1e47e\u015ba been regarded as the cause of obstacles, \u015aa\u1e45kar\u0101c\u0101rya (8th century CE) would not have included this deity in the pa\u00f1c\u0101yatana worship or composed a <em>stotra<\/em> addressing him as Parabrahmar\u016bpa. There is a cult called the G\u0101\u1e47apatya cult, which existed before the 8th century CE. In this paper, we will discuss the philosophical and esoteric form of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba based on two <em>Upapur\u0101\u1e47as<\/em>, namely the <em>Ga\u1e47e\u015bapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and the <em>Mudgalapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>. Both these <em>Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/em> contain <em>g\u012bt\u0101<\/em>s on Ga\u1e47e\u015ba, namely the <em>Yogag\u012bt\u0101<\/em> in the <em>Mudgalapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and the <em>Ga\u1e47e\u015bag\u012bt\u0101<\/em> in the <em>Ga\u1e47e\u015bapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>. These <em>g\u012bt\u0101<\/em>s are based on various aspects of Yoga and describe the form of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba with reference to Yoga philosophy as well as the Upani\u1e63ads, especially the <em>B\u1e5bhad\u0101ra\u1e47yaka-Upani\u1e63ad<\/em> and the <em>M\u0101\u1e47\u1e0d\u016bkya-Upani\u1e63ad<\/em>. We argue that the interpretation of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba should be understood more in the light of philosophy than of iconography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper will focus on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a) the philosophical origins of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba through the study of the <em>Ga\u1e47e\u015bapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and the <em>Mudgalapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>; <br>b) the epithets of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba and their philosophical interpretations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANUJA PURANDARE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 anujapurandare51@gmail.com University of Mumbai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MADHAVI NARSALAY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 madhavinarsalay@yahoo.comUniversity of Mumbai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHO IS GA\u1e46E\u015aA: A CREATOR OF OBSTACLES OR A SPIRITUAL FORM? (STUDY OF THE MUDGALAPUR\u0100\u1e46A AND GA\u1e46E\u015aAPUR\u0100\u1e46A) Contemporary Hinduism worships Ga\u1e47e\u015ba as the Lord who wards off obstacles, i.e. Vighnahart\u1e5b. However, scholars like M. K. Dhavalikar, Yuvraj Krishan, etc., have considered the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}